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NEW BOOK: 17TH CENTURY TOKENS OF SURREY AND SOUTHWARK
Paul Withers also announced this new book on early trading tokens. Thanks! -Editor
SEVENTEENTH CENTURY TRADING TOKENS OF SURREY AND SOUTHWARK
Published by and available only from www.galata.co.uk, 2015. 132pp, A4, glossy laminated card covers. Price £37 +£3 p+p to UK addresses. Almost all of the 1000 tokens are illustrated in colour including a possible three halfpence, pennies, square, heart and octagonal shaped pieces, those in Pewter and forgeries. Thirty nine completely new pieces are listed for the first time. The whole series has been renumbered and there is a concordance with Williamson/Dickinson. The book is completed with indexes of designs/devices, signs, names, trades, and a bibliography. A unique feature of the book is that it includes a photograph of Francis Holden, one of the issuers of a token listed in the book. Impossible ? No, this statement is quite true ! More details, including details of postage to the USA and other overseas destinations can be obtained from www.galata.co.uk Wayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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